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Astros Designate Cooper Hummel For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | August 11, 2025 at 4:50pm CDT

4:50pm: McTaggart adds that the club is calling up outfielder Jacob Melton, so he will presumably take Hummel’s active roster spot.

3:30pm: The Astros have designated infielder/outfielder Cooper Hummel for assignment, per Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. That opens a 40-man spot for right-hander Cristian Javier to be reinstated from the 60-day injured list, a move that was reported earlier. McTaggart was among those to relay earlier today that left-hander Colton Gordon has been optioned to Triple-A to open an active roster spot for Javier. It’s unclear if the Astros will recall another position player to replace Hummel on the active roster or play a man down tonight.

Hummel has clearly intrigued teams with his minor league numbers. However, since he is out of options and has struggled in his major league looks, he has been frequently mentioned in the transaction logs.

This year alone, he has been on MLBTR a number of times. He was with the Astros during spring training but didn’t crack the Opening Day roster and was designated for assignment. He cleared waivers and elected free agency and signed a minor league deal with the Yankees. He opted out of that deal and signed a big league deal with the Orioles in late May. He was designated for assignment again the next day, clearing waivers and electing free agency again. He re-signed with the O’s a few days later but got another DFA a few days after that. He again elected free agency and landed a minor league deal with the Astros, which was selected to the big league roster just over a week later.

Around all of those transactions, Hummel has appeared in 37 games and stepped to the plate 105 times but has mustered a line of just .170/.298/.273. For his career, he now has a .163/.268/.275 line in 340 trips to the plate.

He’ll be back on waivers in the coming days. Perhaps a club again takes a chance on his minor league track record. He has a .284/.418/.480 line and 132 wRC+ in almost 1500 Triple-A plate appearances since the canceled 2020 season. He’s capable of playing first base and the outfield corners. He also has some experience at catcher and third base but hasn’t played those spots in a few years. If he lands somewhere, he is out of options but is still cheap and controllable, as he has between one and two years of service time.

Photo courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas, Imagn Images

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  1. DaveyJ is a little bitch

    2 months ago

    Release Hector Neris and bring Gordon back up. Neris just doesn’t have it anymore

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    • ❤️ MuteButton

      2 months ago

      You may be right about Hector Norris, but I’m not impressed with Colton Gordon. I believe the next pitcher recalled will be Dubin.

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      • DaveyJ is a little bitch

        2 months ago

        Anything would be better than Neris. Cringe to even think Pressly would be better

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